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By Barry Weisleder To quote Yogi Berra, “It’s deja-vu all over again.” The 2021 federal election, which Justin Trudeau called just to gain a majority of seats, looks much like the 2019 election [...]

By John Orrett NDP Socialist Caucus Policy Director As President of Thornhill Federal NDP I was very involved in the latest election, putting up signs and distributing thousands of leaflets for [...]

The federal election should not be about the personality of Trudeau, O’Toole, Singh and Paul. It should focus on the calamity facing working people, and the prime cause of it — the [...]

by Barry Weisleder Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s appointment of Inuk leader Mary Simon as Canada’s 30th Governor General, the first Indigenous person to hold the office, says much about Trudeau [...]

By Barry Weisleder This is an important discussion on the state of the Left in Canada, and on the movement for Eco-socialism. It has implications for the very future of humanity and nature. First [...]

By Nick Fast The June 22 announcement that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appointed former Canadian Labour Congress President Hassan Yussuff to the non-elected Senate sent shock waves through the [...]

by Barry Weisleder The triple crisis of capitalism –health/economic/environmental — has many unions on their knees. But the labour tops seem content to pursue business as usual. [...]

By Barry Weisleder It may have been the most undemocratic convention in the 60-year history of the New Democratic Party. Technical glitches (of which there were many) were not the main problem. [...]

By Dirka Prout and Bethany Drader, Co-Chairs When our term began at the 2018 convention, we were excitedly looking forward to supporting candidates for the 2019 election and rejuvenating the [...]

The Spring 2021 edition of Turn Left Magazine, the official voice of the NDP Socialist Caucus, is now online. Unlike previous editions, this is online only because the 2021 NDP Convention is [...]